Oya Demirbilek- PhD
- Professor at UNSW Sydney
Oya Demirbilek
- PhD
- Professor at UNSW Sydney
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Introduction
Oya was the Associate Dean of Education for Built Environment at UNSW (2013-17). Before that, she was Program Head for Industrial Design (2006-09), and Postgraduate Program Director for the Master of Industrial Design and Master of Science Industrial Design Programs (2002-05) at UNSW. Before UNSW, Oya was at METU, Ankara (1991-00) and at Art Centre College of Design (EU)(1989-90). She has been an invited Jury Member for national and international Good Design Awards.
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March 2000 - present
February 1990 - January 2000
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This paper explores theoretical issues in ergonomics related to semantics and the emotional content of design. The aim is to find answers to the following questions: how to design products triggering "happiness" in one's mind; which product attributes help in the communication of positive emotions; and finally, how to evoke such emotions through a...
The aims of the Livable Bathrooms For Older People Project are to establish the design fundamentals needed for the development of more flexible, innovative and safer bathroom fixtures and domestic bathroom environments for older Australians. The project investigates home bathroom environments and evaluates how they meet the needs of older Australia...
Car sharing, which is regarded as a sustainable transport system, has been evidently operating very well in urban areas where public transport is well established. In Sydney, Australia, car sharing is used by different people with different motivations to join. As a result, there is a range of values expressed by its members related to their experi...
According to the architect Le Corbusier, "the history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light, the struggle for the window." Humans have endeavored to improve the illumination, temperature, and humidity of buildings by designing different types of windows, and defying limitations of construction methods, and building materials.
Recent studies have shown that people prefer to age in their familiar environments, thus guiding designers to provide a safe and functionally appropriate environment for ageing people, regardless of their physical conditions or limitations. Therefore, a participatory design model is proposed where human beings can improve their quality of life by p...
The present chapter explores IoT trends and applications’ current and speculative futures to support older people living independently. It focuses on the bathroom area, one of the most dangerous domestic places for ageing bodies. The chapter first presents literature on IoT devices and older people ageing in place, discussing their relationship, th...
Symbolic Roots is a built form and urban infrastructure design concept that provides both wayfinding and social intervention. The project consists of several pod elements in the ground floor foyer and levels one and two of the Health Translation Hub at the Randwick Hospital Campus, as well as an accompanying smartphone application and website.
The...
Our world is undergoing rapid quantifiable changes. This paper explores how we could make our urban environments more all-encompassing with inclusive and multispecies design approaches and discusses what ‘better’ could mean for all living species inhabiting and sharing the Earth. The paper shares forecasted figures for 2050 on expected population n...
The architectural oeuvre of Gold Medallist Alec Tzannes, an architect
who has “helped to build and shape the difficult metropolis that is Sydney,” is examined by Philip Goad through the lens of his “overriding preoccupation with the city.”
Our thoughts, behavior, experiences, and relationship with the world are all influenced by our emotions, which are a central component of what makes us human. Emotions are forces that help us make sense of our interactionswith the world. Human behavior is a direct consequence of emotions, with the emotions directly affecting perception, cognition,...
Universal Design seeks to contribute to the sustainability and inclusivity of communities and co-design and participatory methods are a critical tool in this evolution. The fact that technology permeates our society is undeniable and the form and materials that technology takes in turn shape the basics of human life such as being able to shower and...
Universal Design seeks to contribute to the sustainability and inclusivity of communities and co-design and participatory methods are a critical tool in this evolution. The fact that technology permeates our society is undeniable and the form and materials that technology takes in turn shape the basics of human life such as being able to shower and...
Selected work from the exhibition "Sacred Geoms" by Phillippa Carnemolla & Oya Demirbilek. Exhibition dates: 3-5 February 2012, at the Balmain Watch House Gallery in Sydney, Australia. Curated by Juliana Bartulin, this exhibition showcased the authors explorations in sacred geometry, platonic and sacred geometry and the mathematics of nature. The p...
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) collection and recycling operation in China has been dominated by informal recyclers, whose recycling activities have caused serious negative impacts. This study is based on small-scaled interviews and observational studies that examine the characteristics of two groups of informal coll...
This paper describes the traditional a-la-turca Turkish toilet, or squat toilet, as well as its more modern sitting version, and the Hygiene etiquette in using the toilet, including the pros and cons of the squatting posture and the squat toilet. This is complemented with modern design solutions for these two types of toilets. Background In most Mu...
The following paper explores the use of collaborative pedagogical approaches to advance foundational architectural design education, by linking design process to sustainable technology principles. After a brief discussion on architectural design education, the mentioned collaborative approach is described. This approach facilitates students' exchan...
This research responds to a research question in the Housing and Ageing research area of the 2007 AHURI Research Agenda which asks the following questions: ‘What are the types, sizes and locations of dwellings occupied by older home owners? How do these patterns vary for different household sizes? What incentives or disincentives could encourage or...
The curricula of architectural schools consist of various types of teaching as design studios and supporting subjects, contextual/technology oriented design studios, or integration of these topics to design studio teaching. The present paper reviews insights from the theorectical literature on research into students' learning experiences. Deep and...
The Following article presents a literature review on emotions and design, more specifically on the subconscious aspects influencing product preference, and on the influence of childhood memories on our perception of products. In this context, childhood heroes, cartoon characters, and the attributes of desirable products are explored. The article i...
As we enter the third millennium, many organizations are forced to constantly pursue new strategies to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Examples include offering customers streams of new products and services, as well as continuously seeking to improve productivity, services and the effectiveness of product design, development and m...
This paper is a review of relevant theories and research on how childhood memories influence product experience and describes a study in which childhood heroes, cartoon characters and the attributes of desirable products are explored. It includes sections on positive emotions, human physiognomy and associated emotions, emotional role of products in...
The basis of this paper is the observation that consumers’ decisions for purchasing a product are made, amongst other reasons, on the basis of visual attraction. Purchase decisions are said to rest either with (i) the subconscious affective relationships associated with daily-use products, or (ii) the carefully crafted and planned affective relatio...
Positive empowerment of users through their simultaneous involvement in decision-making whilst a product is being created is a novel approach that has promising potentials. This involves the use of collaborative design combined with emerging interactive virtual environment technologies. The present paper illustrates a process model that addresses t...
The aging of Australia's "baby boom" generation has prompted calls for universal design and other design approaches such as accessible design, barrier-free design, visitable design and adaptable design to be incorporated into Australian private housing. This study identified and examined some of the issues that need to be considered in order to pro...
This paper explores various approaches of user involvement into designing, trying to describe briefly their respective methodologies and outcomes. Emphasis will be given on elderly users' active involvement into the design process for the reason that, as pointed out by Allan et al. (1996), ageing affects everybody every day. Quoting Coleman: "to do...
This paper explores and compares in a qualitative study how various cultures, organizations (such as design journals, museums, design collections and design competitions) and individuals (designers and design jury members) rank particular attributes and combination of attributes to select examples of "good product design". The premise is, that each...
The fact that end-users can participate and contribute to the design process, was pointed out in previous studies made by Cavanagh user participation to the design process. For Howes, et al. (1998), participatory design is a design methodology, European in origin, giving an important contributing role to the end-user in the development of products...
The study aims to develop energy concious dwellings in climatic conditions of Ankara. Since the computer program SUNCODE-PC is used for thermal performance analysis, an hourly climatic data set for an average year has been prepared. Two design proposals are developed and compared; one of them is designed with conventional features and the other is...
The fact that end-users can participate and contribute to the design process, was pointed out in previous studies on user participation to the design process conducted by Cavanagh (1996), Ciccantelli and Magidson (1993), Mitchell (1995), Morini and Pomposini (1996), and Reich et al (1996). For Howes, et al (1998), participatory design is a design m...
Based on the concept of'aging in place', a prescriptive model is proposed, aiming at the creation of a usable, safe and attractive built environment where the elderly residents are actively involved in the design process through collaboration sessions. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) has been adapted to develop an evaluation and translation metho...
